function onPlayerReadyVidible(e){'undefined'!=typeof HPTrack&&HPTrack.Vid.Vidible_track(e)}!function(e,i){if(e.vdb_Player){if('object'==typeof commercial_video){var a='',o='m.fwsitesection='+commercial_video.site_and_category;if(a+=o,commercial_video['package']){var c='&m.fwkeyvalues=sponsorship%3D'+commercial_video['package'];a+=c}e.setAttribute('vdb_params',a)}i(e.vdb_Player)}else{var t=arguments.callee;setTimeout(function(){t(e,i)},0)}}(document.getElementById('vidible_1'),onPlayerReadyVidible); North Carolina House Speaker Tim Moore is pumping the brakes on a controversial bill aimed at reinstating the states prior ban on same-sex marriage.Filed Tuesday by four North Carolina House Republicans, House Bill 780 is also known as the Uphold Historical Marriage Act. If passed, the bill would allow the states government to defy the Supreme Courts 2015 marriage equality ruling and prohibit same-sex couples from tying the knot.Its sponsors are Republican Reps. Larry Pittman of Concord, Michael Speciale of New Bern, Carl Ford of Rowan County and Mike Clampitt of Bryson City, who are among the most conservative legislators in the state, The News & Observer pointed out.Gov. Roy Cooper(D), who recently sparked the ire of LGBTQ rights activists for his support of a flawed compromise to the states bathroom bill, blasted the legislation Tuesday.This bill is wrong. We need more LGBT protections, not fewer. - RC https://t.co/o5niNU9Ly7 Governor Roy Cooper (@NC_Governor) April 11, 2017 Moore, who is a Republican, doubled down on Coopers remarks Wednesday, and said the bill wont be getting a hearing in the North Carolina House after all.There are strong constitutional concerns with this legislation given that the U.S. Supreme Court has firmly ruled on the issue, Moore said in a statement cited by The Washington Post and The News & Observer, among other publications. Therefore, House Bill 780 will be referred to the House Rules Committee and will not be heard.The states Rules Committee is typically where bills that lack support from leadershipgo to die, according to The News & Observer.Though its worth noting that North Carolinas record on LGBTQ issues is checkered at best,Moores words seem to quash any momentum this bill had going for it. For the latest in LGBTQ news, check out the Queer Voices newsletter. -- This feed and its contents are the property of The Huffington Post, and use is subject to our terms. It may be used for personal consumption, but may not be distributed on a website.
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